Example sentences of "[vb infin] [prep] long " in BNC.
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| 1 | The alternative , according to response competition is : ‘ Ricky will remain for longer periods in his place doing what he is supposed to ’ . |
| 2 | Long sentences , which can stand plenty of repetition or extension , will make for long themes . |
| 3 | In religious organizations reconciliation can persist for long periods of time . |
| 4 | Daphnia will survive for long periods in your tank . |
| 5 | In household pets whose exercise is limited the presence of the tracheal nodules is well tolerated , and animals can survive for long periods with little distress . |
| 6 | In fact at room temperature a diamond will survive for longer than the present age of the Universe . |
| 7 | Even if they were noted , they might not survive for longer than the solution of the particular case or point . |
| 8 | If you prefer to mount a stalwart defence you can wait behind long lines of hand gunners , massed ranks of halberdiers and hold important positions with volley guns while your artillery softens up the advancing enemy . |
| 9 | This time tomorrow we 'll know at long last what the future holds for Oxford United and Swindon Town , with a dramatic finale to the football league season in store . |
| 10 | And consequently , given his own sense of the flowing , indivisible nature of duration , it 's appropriate and inevitable on his own principle , that his prose should consist of long , flowing sentences , within often enormous paragraphs , and without division into chapters . |
| 11 | Premier League is not the finished article yet , but football will benefit in long run |
| 12 | Where the river valleys have followed the weaker beds in the structures , drowning will result in long but usually simple inlets of the type observed in the extreme south-west of Ireland ( Fig. 9. 1 ) . |
| 13 | Reasons for a reduction in productivity may include a poorly planned operation which can result in longer learning curves and a low average output the introduction of more learning curves because of frequent changes of resources and working methods changing physical conditions lower outputs because plant was initially selected for one activity and is used for another inappropriate activity longer hours being worked regularly ( this can occur , for example , when accelerating the work rate to recover delays ) the lowering of morale owing to frequent changes of plan and poor management . |
| 14 | But the future of this airline could be decided much sooner than that , and with it the levels of service and fares we can all expect on long haul flights . |
| 15 | It 's something I can do on long , boring evenings and gives the recipients a lot of pleasure . |
| 16 | Plants like pansies will flower for longer , but even those that flower for a long time anyway , like African and French marigolds , will look neater and tidier if dead-headed , and the dead flowers will not detract from flowers that are still blooming . |
| 17 | All will flower for longer if you can find them a cool spot away from the dry heat of radiators . |
| 18 | That means that you can sail for longer . |
| 19 | Do not work for long periods without a break . |
| 20 | There is then some evidence to show that Japanese workers do indeed work for longer periods with each employer , but only 20 per cent of labour in the private sector stay long enough to get close to the peak of the wages profile . |
| 21 | He saw the Challenge materials as particularly useful for the individual resource-based projects which first-year children were encouraged to develop over several weeks in the summer term : Up to half term they really are very much guided as to the work they do , but as we get to know them better , and as teachers become more confident about letting them maybe work on longer pieces … and go out and get resources themselves , they can go towards more pupil-centred learning . |
| 22 | It does not in fact follow that a total whiteout will occur at longer exposures , because of non-uniformity in the sensitivity of the optical RAM . |
| 23 | I think if we if we if we did actually look around long and hard rather than superficially at what we 've got out in the yard , then it 's ever so easy to criticize . |
| 24 | Do n't sunbathe for long periods in the same position . |
| 25 | He tested the 1:8 mixture in bottles of various sizes until he found that it would not explode in long narrow tubes that offered a large cooling surface . |
| 26 | They are said to relieve cramp In the forearm which can arise from long periods of practice flying : but here another caution should be observed . |
| 27 | An elected body may spring from long democratic tradition or little , from a multicultural society or a homogeneous one . |
| 28 | Scientists and engineers can apply for long term funding to open up new research directions |
| 29 | Dana was always balanced between the two , whereas I would fluctuate for long periods — a year or two in the male , a year or two in the female scale , with often sharp and distressing adjustments of behaviour and character . |
| 30 | Should disaster overtake him and the dreadful rumours become reality , she Joan , alias Anne Mowbray , would not wish for longer life … |